- The
Samnites referred to
themselves as
Safineis and to
their land as
Safinim, as
attested in
inscriptions and coin legends. An Oscan-speaking people...
- Samnites, Samnium) Osco-Umbrian *saf- (Safineis,
Safinìm), and consequently:
Oscan *safno > *safnio >
Safinìm >
Samnium Sabellic *safio >
Safini > Sabini....
-
antiquity by the Samnites, an
Italic people. The
Samnites called their land
Safinim and
themselves the Safineis,
terms attested in
inscriptions and coin legends...
-
ethnonyms of
Safineis (in
ancient Gr**** σαφινείς) and by the
toponyms safinim and
safina (at the
origin of the
terms Samnium and Sabinum). The Indo-European...
- from the Sabines, also in view of the
etymological connection between Safinim, Sabinus, Sabellus, Samnis, Samnitis,
which can be
traced back to a common...
